Map Size Multiplayer After 7mb?! o.O

[Jupiterstorm]

Hi guys!

I'm working a pretty big project and starting to feel the effects of large map size. I wanted to see how other people were shrinking their large map sizes so I checked out JaakkoAA's Zombie Assault Force map and played it with some friends. I checked the map's properties later and found that it was over 7mb in size.

I thought the maximum size for a multilayer map was around 4mb? How the hell did they pull this one off?

All I've been using so far is the Wc3 Map optimizer. That only shaves off about 10% of the map size.

Any suggestions from experienced mappers out there?

Thx, guys.

 

[Maker]

The max file size was increased to 8 MB quite some time ago.

 

[Jupiterstorm]

Yeah, I've been under a rock... but hell, I'm quite happy now!!

 

[Dr Super Good]

Reducing procedural coupling in the trigger script is a common way to reduce script size. Script size is tiny compared to imports though.

 

[cboy123]

The Maximum Size of the maps is 8MB in version 1.24b and above while versions 1.24a and below are only 4MB.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Be aware that these are computer scientist MegaBytes and not actual MegaBytes.

Thus its 2^3 MB, 2^13 KB or 2^23 B.

 

[Jupiterstorm]

Gotcha! Thank you.